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Retta M Benton 1905 - 1993

Retta M Benton of Lawrence, Douglas County, KS was born on December 17, 1905, and died at age 87 years old on November 26, 1993.
Retta M Benton
Lawrence, Douglas County, KS 66047
December 17, 1905
November 26, 1993
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  • 12/17
    1905

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    December 17, 1905
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  • 11/26
    1993

    Death

    November 26, 1993
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    Retta M Benton lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1905, in the year that Retta M Benton was born, the German born physicist, Albert Einstein, proposed the Special Theory of Relativity: 1) that observers can never detect uniform motion except relative to other objects and that 2) unlike the velocity of massive objects, the speed of light is a constant and is the same for all observers independent of their constant velocity toward or away from the light source. Not such simple concepts that lead to the equation everyone now knows: E = mc2.
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In 1942, Retta was 37 years old when due to World War II, automobile production in the United States was stopped on February 1st. A tire rationing program had begun the month before. Detroit - the main hub of car manufacturing - was ordered to free up assembly lines for military production. The president of the Automobile Manufacturers Association said “The automotive industry is in this war all the way". Some dealerships had to close and others expanded their repair shops. The used car market boomed (as did a black market in used cars).
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